Mozilla Firefox up to 1.5 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Mozilla Firefox up to 1.5 and classified as critical. The impacted element is an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability was named CVE-2006-0294. In addition, an exploit is available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox up to 1.5 (Web Browser). It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Mozilla Firefox before 1.5.0.1, Thunderbird 1.5 if running Javascript in mail, and SeaMonkey before 1.0 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by changing an element s style from position:relative to position:static, which causes Gecko to operate on freed memory.

The bug was discovered 02/01/2006. The weakness was presented 02/02/2006 by Johnny Stenback (moz_bug_r_a4) with Martijn Wargers as Bug 317934 as confirmed bug report (Bugzilla). It is possible to read the advisory at bugzilla.mozilla.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2006-0294. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

A public exploit has been developed in Perl Module. The exploit is shared for download at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 20842 (Firefox < 1.5.0.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 115324 (Multiple Mozilla Products Memory Corruption/Code Injection/Access Restriction Bypass Vulnerabilities).

Upgrading to version 1.5.0.1 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 9037.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (24431), Tenable (20842), SecurityFocus (BID 16476†), OSVDB (22891†) and Secunia (SA18700†). See VDB-2026, VDB-2022, VDB-2024 and VDB-2025 for similar entries. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.6

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 20842
Nessus Name: Firefox < 1.5.0.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 835179
OpenVAS Name: HP StorageWorks Default Accounts and Directory Traversal Vulnerabilities
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 1.5.0.1
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: Bug 317934
Researcher: Johnny Stenback (moz_bug_r_a4)
Organization: Martijn Wargers
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2006-0294 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-0294
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-28563

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X-Force: 24431
SecurityFocus: 16476 - Multiple Mozilla Products Memory Corruption/Code Injection/Access Restriction Bypass Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 18700 - Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 22891 - CVE-2006-0294 - Mozilla - Multiple Products - Code Execution Issue
SecurityTracker: 1015570
Vulnerability Center: 10311 - Firefox, Thunderbird \x26 SeaMonkey Memory Corruption via Dynamic Element Change, High
Vupen: ADV-2006-0413

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 11:11
Updated: 07/07/2021 18:47
Changes: 03/12/2015 11:11 (89), 06/14/2019 06:25 (13), 07/07/2021 18:47 (3)
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Cache ID: 216:0B6:103

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